Yokohama City University (YCU) and the Faculty of Nursing, Hasanuddin University (UNHAS), have a research collaboration entitled “Investigation of health behavior of nursing students in Japan and Indonesia regarding non-communicable diseases and its related factors.” Following up on this collaboration, on Feb 7-9, 2023, Ryota Ochiai, R.N., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Adult Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Medicine and Yayoi Shoji, R.N., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Health Unit at Global Cooperation Institute for Sustainable Cities, YCU visited the Faculty of Nursing, UNHAS.
The YCU delegation’s visit aimed to perform data analysis for the joint research. This study involves more than 500 nursing students from YCU and UNHAS. The research team from UNHAS consists of Andi Masyitha Irwan, PhD., Syahrul, PhD., Dr. Ariyanti Saleh, Dr. Erfina, and Andi Muhammad Fiqri, MN. In addition, Dr. Ochiai and Dr. Shoji wanted to observe clinical and community settings used for internships for nursing students at UNHAS as consideration to initiate inbound activities of YCU students at UNHAS.
Unhas is a member of a consortium led by YCU, the International Academic Consortium for Sustainable Cities (IACSC). The consortium has been established since 2009, as stated on the website is to “develop cooperation, to foster dialogues and discussions, to encourage sharing of ideas and resources and to increase research and collaborative activities among academic and research institutions as well as to strengthen relationships among universities and cities to contribute to a sustainable society.” Members of IACSC are YCU, UNHAS, University of the Philippines, Vietnam National University, Thammasat University, and University Sains Malaysia.
Since 2019, the Faculty of Nursing, UNHAS, and YCU have collaborated in various activities including
student exchange programs, guest lectures, and joint research programs. The collaborative survey
research between these two institutions is expected to become the basis for designing an intervention
for improving the health behavior of nursing students